Hill also didn’t think that Prutt was the creator of all this chaos.
Although he’s not very sensitive to certain intrigues, he can tell whether soone is truly an idiot.
Moreover, he knows of thods originating from Hell that exchange intelligence for one’s inherent traits like physical strength or rationality... Even if Kante Tower’s own mbers may not be aware of these thods, surely soone within Sia Tower would.
To be honest, those who can trade intelligence from a devil typically have sothing special about them.
Devils never engage in losing deals.
Although Hill was sowhat reluctant to admit that Prutt was once a capable person, he couldn’t deceive himself just to feel better, could he?
Therefore, after carefully reviewing Gilbert’s mories again, he shifted his focus onto Scott Roml.
This mage, although also a Seventh Circle, joined Kante Tower much later than Prutt.
Although Gilbert wasn’t sure of the exact ti, it seems to have been after Kante Tower beca the Tower Master.
Otherwise, considering Kante Tower was an outsider even though he was apprenticed to the old Tower Master, how could he have recruited such a talented student?
It was because Scott Roml was famously gifted among mages that he always stayed out of the various conflicts within the Tower of Dark Enigma, seemingly keeping his presence hidden like his ever-wavering ntor, which didn’t seem strange to many.
So mages always choose to imrse themselves in the world of spells after swaying left and right... Regardless of righteousness or evil, the scholarly faction never becos scarce.
And in a world driven by rationality, the scholarly faction indeed often gets temporarily overlooked in many factional conflicts: as long as they have enough identity and ability to keep others from using them as an excuse or a starting point for conflict.
Even Gilbert, despite always harboring resentnt towards Kante Tower’s faction... Being from noble birth made him better understand Nicholson’s family-minded philosophies.
But regarding matters over at Sia Tower, he was completely puzzled by what Kante Tower aid to accomplish.
Power, benefits, and even mage resources must promise sothing forward-looking to continuously draw people into endless conflicts, especially for those striving to reach the Tower Master position.
In his mind though, the things Kante Tower genuinely participates in, upon careful examination, reveal chaos: resulting sotis in conflicting phenona.
How could soone who worked hard to grab an apple yesterday throw it to soone else the next day without even tasting it?
If they’d tasted it and later found it undesirable, then trying any ans to pass off the bitten apple to soone else would be understandable.
But never touching it... that does seem wrong.
But general mages wouldn’t, like Gilbert, due to disturbances in his ntal Sea, rely on consulting various materials, thus leading him to even ticulously read records of past matters within the Tower of Dark Enigma, so few can notice the self-conflict on Kante Tower’s side.
Additionally, it’s rely short-term behavior.
Later on, when Tower of Dark Enigma gained resources after handing over Stellar Realm visitors... especially for the Tower Masters, had it not been for the generous offerings from Sia Tower, at least Ruth wouldn’t have easily mastered his sporadically functioning Ninth Ring Spell.
And others similarly wouldn’t have so many students above the Seventh Circle... as long as they cross the Sixth Ring hurdle, reaching the Seventh Circle becos resource-dependable.
If one’s mana suffices and their spell-learning ability isn’t poor, they can eventually endure through.
But the Eighth Ring demands a profound understanding of the Law.
Though Archmage Kante Tower doesn’t have Eighth Ring students, possessing Scott Roml, the renowned prodigiously talented student who reached the Seventh Circle in just 100 years, everyone assus he’d eventually have them.
It’s just that the Law isn’t such an approachable existence, and no one ever knows when they would receive a Law’s embrace, enabling them to find that elusive door.
Yet just as everyone believes, once Gilbert’s ntal Sea recovers, he’d certainly be able to tread into the Sixth Ring, touching the Seventh Circle’s threshold, equally they believe Roml’s talent would surely lead him to that door.
Therefore, despite Roml showing little movent during these recent 100 years, no one considers him past his pri.
But Hill suddenly sensed sothing peculiar.
He’d once lanted a bit for Gilbert after estimating his promotion speed upon reviewing his mories... If the most gifted mages in this world could generally beco an Eighth Ring mage around 200 years old, Gilbert would face no problem.
He could even do so sooner.
Then why is Roml, endowed with even more resources than Gilbert, slow in his advancent?
If it were a world like Teraxil, where soone might purposely slow their progression to strengthen their foundation, such reasoning would be understandable. But this world is different!
Anyone with a modicum of intelligence would recklessly rush for advancent; only when no further advancent is possible do they turn back to replenish their foundation... Hence, genuine Ninth Ring Mages are scarce here, naturally because they’re forced by circumstances to push upward, without ti to survey the journey.
Upon reaching the summit and then retracing steps to collect the remaining artifacts, so things that existed only temporarily naturally vanish, leaving them to rely reminisce or crouch in waiting, hoping fortune might favor them once more.
But Hill firmly understands and agrees with this approach... Survival remains paramount.
If this world truly collapses, it’s mages above the Seventh Circle who have a chance to flee.
The performance of those two Tower Masters from the Tower of Dark Enigma clearly shows they’re aware of this world’s perils... even foreseen years ago.
So who would bother considering any foundational issues!
When escaping, all that matters is fleeing.
Thus, Roml’s actions make little sense unless his talent is amiss... But upon his tower entrance, Ruth attempted to snatch him away, and nearly succeeded.
Although now it seems the near-success might rely be intentional, with Ruth dood to exit from the onset, Hill still sowhat trusts that shrewd, calculating Archmage’s judgnt.
So, is Roml truly Roml? Could it be that his sporadic appearances are ant to prevent exposure?
Just like himself... Hill naturally possesses the strength beyond the Eighth Ring, yet he would never employ Eighth Ring Magic belonging to this world.
Even if forced to reveal his identity later, he wouldn’t resort to it.
That would an aligning oneself with this world’s law.
But this world’s law is imperfect!
A fledgling world’s laws are always sowhat incomplete, and no one would forsake their better self-part for inferior choices.
Even Hell is superior to this place... the Evil Faction won’t pursue the righteous enlightennt.
And Hill naturally prefers his essence not to deeply intertwine with this world.
He can be a guest but definitely not half a host; yet surprisingly, this world seems really fond of him.
Hill suspects that re contact with this world’s law would instantly entrap him.
Sotis when the host becos overly zealous, it’s not necessarily favorable to engage: once deeply entwined with this world’s laws, detaching becos exceedingly arduous... a stamp upon the soul.
That’s a holand one cannot sever from despite distance.
To put it crudely, upon one’s death, they must return to this world’s segnt of Styx.
Unless one’s soul possesses sothing extraordinary, attracting other worlds’ Deities, even if floating for thousands or millions of years within the Stellar Realm, their soul would still unknowingly drift back to its original world to find its place.
Yet such souls lose value, even past followers of certain Deities!
That would truly an rely drifting within Styx until its waters thoroughly cleanse them into gravel.
But what if your world belongs to Hell?
Those mages who submit to the devil, particularly Transcendent Legendary Mages, certainly wouldn’t allow themselves to end up in such a plight... They always possess various ans of hiding their souls from being used as a devil’s playful collectibles or crafted into Lesser Fiends.
They’d never let their soul inexplicably belong to a world controlled by the Lord of Hell.
Hence, they absolutely wouldn’t masquerade as an Eighth Ring Mage.
Hill tilted his head and smiled: if Scott Roml truly is as he imagines, then the secrets concealed within the Tower of Dark Enigma aren’t just the ones previously pondered.
It’s intriguing.
Both Ruth and Nicholson seem far too normal.
Apparently, neither conveyed anything to any of their students.
Aislin surely knows nothing; otherwise, she’d not act so aggressively.
Hill couldn’t resist clicking his tongue... a world dominated by mages truly proves amusing, where even the Wise Ones play gas rendering devils bewildered.
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